Did L.A. Deserve to Lose the Raiders?

This L.A. native is ashamed of this city’s sports fans and politicians. Real fans support their teams, win or lose.

This town doesn’t deserve a football team. We have 85-degree weather and always a competitive team. Green Bay fans come out in big numbers in 10-degree weather.

I feel sorry for the next team to move here.

ADAM WALLERSTEIN

Canyon Country

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As someone who has lived all over the United States, I felt the recent remarks about L.A. not being a great sports town were unfair. It seems that the Dodgers draw more than 3 million, regardless of their record. The Mighty Ducks sell out every game.

In New York, you can’t give Mets tickets away.

In Philly last year, even when the Eagles were in first place, they couldn’t sell out.

In Dallas, a football Mecca, the stadium was half-empty a few years ago when the Cowboys were in last place.

Bad sports towns? No, intelligent fans.

TOM TEAGLE

Tucson

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Fan support comes from and through tradition. Look at Green Bay, where season-ticket rights are willed to children or subject to bitter dispute in divorce settlements. Southern California has nearly everything except tradition (which has become a tradition in itself).

Transplanted from the Midwest 35 years ago, I still follow my favorite teams: the (Minneapolis) Lakers, the Chicago Cubs, the Cleveland Browns, Ohio State football, Indiana University basketball and my local high school.

Everything in Los Angeles simply comes and goes.

DIRCK Z. MEENGS

Thousand Oaks

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The Raiders did more to corrupt kids in Los Angeles than any pro sports team in history.

Raider caps and shirts clearly became gang-type clothing that triggered conflicts and killings and the Raiders never did anything to defuse the gang violence their logo incited.

The youth of L.A. are better off without their Sunday afternoon gang leaders.

JOHN PALMINTERI

Carpinteria

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So what are the poor L.A. faithful going to do while waiting for a pro football franchise to arrive? I’ve got the perfect solution: Move the Simpson trial to the Coliseum. Ticket and concession sales would probably pay for the trial and stadium renovation.

KEN STONE

Goleta

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Now that Al Davis is gone, can I have his courtside Laker seats?

ANN VETTER

Santa Barbara